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Harlan Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2002
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Bottle (12)"I believe the 2001 Harlan Estate and 2002 Harlan Estate's 100
point scores represent the first time I have given perfect ratings
to two successive wines produced in the New World. However, the
styles of the two wines couldn't be more different as each reflects
its particular vintage. The 2001 is a classic, long-lived, backward
wine with most of its potential concealed at present. On the other
hand, it is impossible to resist the flamboyant, extroverted 2002
Harlan Estate's charm, richness, and overall seductive personality.
This profoundly complex wine exhibits notes of cedar, black currant
liqueur, scorched earth, smoke, and graphite. Incredibly broad,
sweet, full-bodied, opulent, and voluptuous, it literally has
everything one could ever want in a great Cabernet Sauvignon-based
wine. Already drinkable, it promises to evolve effortlessly for
25-30 years. This prodigious offering is worth mortgaging the
farm!" (100pts Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #162, Dec 2005)

"The extraordinary Harlan Estate, which I awarded 100 points
seven years ago, offers no justifiable reason to doubt its perfect
score. It is still a baby, with an inky purple color and notes of
smoky camphor intermixed with creme de cassis, Asian soy and a hint
of cedar beginning to emerge as well as some espresso and subtle
damp forest floor notes. The wine has awesome intensity, a
full-bodied mouthfeel, a skyscraper-like texture, and a finish that
goes on for close to a minute." (100 pts. Robert Parker, Wine
Advocate #201, June 2012)